The “Importance of Breastfeeding” Series

Kangaroos Know…Do You?

Separation of the infant from its mother causes stress or “shut down behaviours”. Dr. Nils Bergman describes the “protest – despair” response as a significant factor leading to undesirable changes in the newborn’s heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, vagal tone and plasma cortisol, all signs and symptoms of stress. Read More…

Risks of Formula

Breastfeeding is the normal way to provide food and nurture to human babies and children. The evidence for the risks of NOT breastfeeding, for both mother and child, continues to rapidly expand.Read More…

Breastfeeding Can Reduce Cancer

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months followed by continued breastfeeding with the addition of solid foods, into the second year of life and beyond, has been shown to reduce some cancers in both mother and child. Exclusive breastfeeding for six months is the key! Read More…

Breastfeeding Reduces Obesity

Breastfeeding reduces obesity – for both mother and child! Breastfed infants consume less volume of milk, develop more lean body mass, and receive hormones that promote growth and regulate appetite. Exclusive breastfeeding for six months is the key! Read More…

Breastfeeding: A Key to Diabetes Prevention and Management

For baby; Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is more likely in children who were fed infant formula or breastfed for shorter duration.
For mother; There is a higher risk of developing any type of diabetes when a mother does not breastfeed. Making milk for her baby primes a mother’s metabolism and has a healthy long-term effect on her insulin response. Exclusive breastfeeding for six months is the key! Read More…

A Major Building Block to Build Healthy Brains

The brains of breastfed infants develop differently than infants receiving formula or mixed feedings. Hormones released during feeding also positively impacts the mothers nurturing responses and mood levels. Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months is the key! Read More…

Public Health Agency for Canada/Breastfeeding Committee for Canada Pamphlets:

Cards

With mothers being bombarded with messages to cover up and hide when breastfeeding their children, the ABC has created two cards with encouraging and empowering messages for you to print and hand out to the moms you see feeding their little ones in public—or anywhere for that matter!

Thank you ….You are making a difference

Please feel free to print and distribute any of the above documents.

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Links in this document are intended to serve as a reference list of resources on breastfeeding. The ABC does not endorse any product, web page or resource materials with the exception of all of the WHO and UNICEF Global Initiatives, the Baby-Friendly Initiative, Innocenti Declaration the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent WHA Resolutions, and the national documents from the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada.